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Megan Washington’s piano flourishes may betray her jazz background, but this is power pop—with an emphasis on power. The tempos are insistent, bordering on hyperactive, as she pounds the keys for delightful rhythmic counterpoint with a swinging drummer. “Rich Kids” and “Sunday Best” lodge bright tunes beneath dark tales. Washington’s lyrics, meanwhile, are charmingly confessional stories about the complexities of modern relationships. Vulnerable and nervous about the inevitability of heartbreak, she still dives gloriously into love and lust on “How to Tame Lions.”

I Believe You Liar

EDITORS’ NOTES

Megan Washington’s piano flourishes may betray her jazz background, but this is power pop—with an emphasis on power. The tempos are insistent, bordering on hyperactive, as she pounds the keys for delightful rhythmic counterpoint with a swinging drummer. “Rich Kids” and “Sunday Best” lodge bright tunes beneath dark tales. Washington’s lyrics, meanwhile, are charmingly confessional stories about the complexities of modern relationships. Vulnerable and nervous about the inevitability of heartbreak, she still dives gloriously into love and lust on “How to Tame Lions.”